Xbox, Microsoft and profit margins
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Inside Xbox’s profit pressure — How a 30% margin target is reshaping everything from studios to strategy (and upsetting fans)
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has forced Xbox to deliver an industry margin far beyond what is typical for gaming in general, which will devastate the business if not rectified soon.
You can already guess which corporate entity's greed is forcing Xbox to skimp to survive.
Microsoft was to set an impossibly high profit goal for the Xbox division. The CFO's decision is likely the primary reason for the current chaos in the company.
As I had long suspected, it’s the bean counters at Microsoft that are working to destroy Xbox from within, and not Xbox leadership.